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Today we are going to look at saturated fat and how it became unpopular.
If we go back in history, when the majority of the population lived on farms, we see that the people drank whole raw milk right from the cow, consumed cream, butter, eggs, cheese, lard, and meat. Milk was not pasteurized; cows were allowed to graze on green grass for their food. Chickens were not crowded into pens where disease could run rampant and fed corn and soy to fatten them quickly for market. Animals were not injected with antibiotics and hormones.
Tropical oils such as coconut and palm were also popular cooking oils.Heart disease statistics
One hundred years ago, heart attacks were unheard of. The first heart attack recorded in an American publication occurred in 1912. From 1910 to 1920, heart disease deaths were low (10 out of every 100,000 people). By 1930, 46 out of every 100,000 people were victims and by 1970, 330 from the same number. From 1910 to 1970, coronary heart deaths increased 3000%. *
According to Boston Scientific, every 38 seconds an American dies of heart disease. Over 600,000 Americans a year die from heart disease ā the nationās number one killer. Three out of every four people will get some form of heart disease. Close to 75 million Americans now suffer from it. Two out of four people will die from it.
Many factors contribute to heart disease, some of which are drinking, smoking, lack of exercise, too many processed foods, stress, etc. For the purpose of this series, we will focus on the role of fat, which is a big contributor.
Where did things start to change? We will look at more next week.
*Material taken from the book āEat Fat Look Thinā by Bruce Fife
